Background. Functional dyspepsia, including epigastric pain associated with increased sleep disturbances.
Objective. To compare sleep disturbances in children with and without functional dyspepsia
Methods. A crossectional study were conducted at Al-Raudhatul Hasanah boarding school in Medan from March to April 2014. Subjects were children aged 8 to 18 years who were diagnosed with functional dyspepsia based on Rome III. Sleep disturbances in children assessed using Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) questionnaires. Results were analysis using X2 test
Results. There were 84 children include in the study, 42 with functional dyspepsia and 42 without functional dyspepsia. 71.4% children with functional dyspepsia had sleep disturbances while in children without dyspepsia fungsional, only 33.3% had sleep disturbance with P= 0.0001.
Conclusion. Sleep disturbance is more common in children with functional dyspepsia